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GREEN SCHOOL GATHERS FOR TAKEOFF When architects speak of "green" buildings these days, they seldom mean it literally. But for the elementary/ middle school in Lake Zurich, Illinois, Legat Architects, Inc. have justified both environmental and chromatic interpretations of the word. They designed the new school for sustainability and gave it a distinctive copper entrance that the students have dubbed "the green spaceship." Says their principal: "They keep waiting for it to blast off!"
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More Environment Engineers Urged to Design Eco-Friendly Buildings — Gulf News, 2004.0523Behold the Green Matrix — AIArchitect, 2004.0521 Iberdrola and Guggenheim Sign Contract for Green Energy — Iberdrola press release, 2004.0518 Green Buildings Earn Prestigious Acclaim — Solar Access, 2004.0507 Newest Factories Mark a Trend Toward Green — Detroit Free Press, 2004.0503 Lessons from the Formosa PVC Plant, Illiopolis, Illinois — Healthy Building Network, 2004.0503 Interest in Affordable, "Green," Modern Prefab Runs High — Sunset Magazine, 2004.0501 A Day In The Light — Metropolis, 2004.0501 LEED for Existing Buildings Out for Comments — BuildingGreen.com, 2004.0501 California Releases Environmentally Preferable Product Standard — BuildingGreen.com, 2004.0501 Sooner and Later, Rightsizing Pays Off — FacilitiesNet, 2004.0430 Newer Northwest Commercial Buildings Use More Electricity — Con.WEB, 2004.0429 PM Opens Unique ‘Green’ Science Building — Scoop, 2004.0429 ‘Green’ Buildings Emerge in Boston — New York Times, 2004.0428 Beyond the Bulb: A Case Study in School Daylighting — Solatube press release, 2004.0428 'Sustainability' Is the Key — Portland State University Vanguard, 2004.0427 College Update a Recycling Lesson — New York Daily News, 2004.0426
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